[Bonetools] Question - identification of bone artifact - Late Antiquity/Early Medieval

[Alice Choyke]

I have seen such  bell strikers in wood in Greece although the diameter is much narrower then would be constituted by a Bos t. mt. Still - that is a wonderful idea that has me thinking in entirely new directions.

Cheers,
Alice



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>>> "isabelle.sidera" <isabelle.sidera at mae.u-paris10.fr> 10/8/2015 11:20 AM >>>
Dear Jean-Marc 


I am thinking to a part of a bell « un battant de cloche «. It is traditional for animals and could fit finely with the context of find.


Cheers,


Isabelle








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Le 6 oct. 2015 à 15:18, Jean-Marc Petillon <petillon at univ-tlse2.fr> a écrit :


Dear all,

this artifact was found in a shepherd's hut used between the 3rd and the
11th cent. AD in the French Pyrenees (Ossau valley, ca. 1900 m ASL). It
was made on a cattle (Bos) metatarsal, the proximal end was cut straight
with a metal blade, the mesial hole was carved with a blade as well, but
the distal fracture was apparently caused by wear (something - probably
a rope of some kind - wore down the compact tissue until it finally
broke). There is a slight polish all over the object, especially on the
edges, but no visible trace inside the marrow canal.

I tried the old "I can't help you, I'm a prehistorian" trick with my
medievist colleague but it didn't work, so I'm posting this on the
Bonetools list. The piece was interpreted as a handle (maybe half its
original length) that was broken and then recycled as a whistle (?), but
any parallels, comparisons and ideas are welcome !

Cheers,

Jean-Marc



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